Howard L. Brown papers, 1890-1986 (bulk 1950-1969).

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Howard L. Brown papers, 1890-1986 (bulk 1950-1969).

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Railroad union financial records & reports, minutes of meetings, attendance records, books on insurance & death benefits, oaths, seniority listings, membership records, arbitration reports & proceedings, and a history file. Railroad history files include newspaper articles; articles on Union Station in Kansas City, Mo.; articles on union activities and strikes; railroad histories of landmarks from Osawatomie, Kan.; and derailments. Also included are: histories of short lines in Kansas and throughout the Middle West, listings of abandoned railroad lines, information & history of Amtrak, and legislative efforts to block the formation & construction of a coal slurry pipeline through Kansas in 1981. Correspondence between the Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen (ORCB) and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT) (both now part of the United Transportation Union) and the Missouri Pacific Railroad (now part of the Union Pacific Railroad). Letters received, letters sent, and personal payroll information compiled by Howard L. Brown on each member in Lodge #65, BRT, and Division #137, ORCB. Information on the 1922 national railroad strike; a report on the 1948 Morrell strike in Topeka, Kan.; statements & records from the 1949 Missouri Pacific strike; and arbitration & adjustment reports. Records reflecting Brown's involvement as a Kansas Advisory Council on Aging member (1984-86). Information on extinct Kansas towns compiled by Brown.

26 ft. (27 boxes)

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7522349

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Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen. Division no. 137 (Osawatomie, Kan.)

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Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

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Amtrak

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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Lodge 65 (Osawatomie, Kan.)

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Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen

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The Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen (ORC & B) was founded in 1868 as an order of railway conductors and later expanded to include brakemen. From the description of Series 2. Files re general chairmen, 1903-1969. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64755504 The Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen (0RC & B) was founded in 1868 as an order of railroad conductors and later expanded to include brakemen. From the description of Order...

Brown, Howard L. (Howard Leroy), 1904-1987.

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Railroad employee, railroad union officer, Kansas Advisory Council on Aging member; of Osawatomie, Kan. From the description of Howard L. Brown papers, 1890-1986 (bulk 1950-1969). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 433567896 ...

Kansas Advisory Council on Aging

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Union Station (Kansas City, Mo.)

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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

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The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen was founded in 1883 in Oneonta, New York as a protective and insurance organization. By the time of its merger with three other railroad labor unions to form the United Transportation Union in 1969, it had the greatest membership of any of the operating railroad brotherhoods. From the description of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen series 6. General subject files, 1897-1968, bulk 1934-1968. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 6475550...